MacLehose had expired in 1977 under the Foreign Office's retirement age of 60, but he was re-elected as Governor of Hong Kong on a rare four occasions on 17 January 1977, 22 March 1978, March 1979 and 25 September 1979.

As for MacLehose's repeated re-election, it is widely believed that in addition to his outstanding political achievements for the British, it also reflects the British government's difficulty in finding an ideal successor to the governor of Hong Kong.

MacLehose, who was born as a diplomat, did a very good job, and he successfully whitewashed the predatory nature of the colonizers through a multi-pronged approach to the economy, clean government, and pro-people, and won the recognition of the people who "have milk is a mother".

Through education, MacLehose expelled Cantonese from all other Chinese-speaking languages, so that Xiangjiang, which emerged economically, had enough sense of superiority, and then naturally formed a trend of fragmentation in the country's cognition.

Obviously, this is the state that the colonizers wanted, and that they could still stand up morally while maintaining their original interests.

MacLehose was re-elected for a fourth term, from May 1980 to April 1982, but during this period, as he grew older and his health pressures became more severe, his motivation waned, and it was clearly not appropriate to extend his term again.

Especially at the end of his tenure, MacLehose suffered a mild stroke due to pressure from London and was busy cracking Tang Huan's takeover war against Jardine Matheson, and he became more and more unable to continue working.

In this way, on the evening of May 8, 1982, MacLehose and his wife officially bid farewell to the Hong Kong Governor's Office.

They travelled to Queen's Pier in a special car. Pass through Garden Road, Des Voeux Road Central, Pedder Street and Connaught Road Central. Along the way, a large number of citizens cheered on the road. MacLehose, who was in the car, waved his hand in thanks.

When the car arrived at Edinburgh Place, where Queen's Pier is located, MacLehose inspected the guard of honour for the last time as Governor of Hong Kong, and shook hands with the members of the Executive and Legislative Councils and people from all walks of life who were waiting at the scene.

The Royal Hong Kong Police Band played the song "Long Live Friendship", and the Lady Mullene on which MacLehose and his wife were riding slowly crossed Victoria Harbour, and MacLehose waved to the people at the pier on the boat, showing his reluctance.

After disembarkation at the Kowloon Public Pier. MacLehose shook hands with a large number of people waiting at the scene, once again showing a pro-people style.

Subsequently, MacLehose and his wife took a special bus to Kai Tak Airport, and a large number of people saw them off at the places they passed.

Finally, at about 9 p.m., they left Hong Kong on British Airways Boeing 747 flight BA20 and returned to London via Abu Dhabi, officially ending their careers as Governor of Hong Kong.

MacLehose, with his aura, retired successfully.

This is the farewell scene arranged by various forces for the so-called most beloved governor of Hong Kong. It's the perfect thing to do.

Tang Huan's representative - thorough, naturally very face-saving. During this time, there was silence on the matter of Jardine.

After MacLehose's resignation, the post of Governor of Hong Kong was assumed by Chief Secretary Arcula Ting-ki, pending the arrival of a successor arranged by the United Kingdom.

During this period of power gap, Zhou Mi, who has always shown a serious face, put away the smile he was not accustomed to, and issued an official statement that Qinhe had controlled more than half of the shares of Jardine Matheson and completed the acquisition, and everyone could sit down and rest.

Immediately afterwards, a large team of finance and lawyers began to move into Jardine Matheson, temporarily freezing all new business activities.

For the great change of this strange peak, the entire Xiangjiang was shaken, and the defenders of Jardine Matheson did not expect that there would be so many killer features of Qinhe.

According to their estimates, the two sides will be at a stalemate at the level of 40 percent control for a long time.

And with the attrition of the protracted war, and the seepable British victory on the Falklands, the people will boil over and overwhelm the people, Tang Huan will finally stop resting on his laurels and sit down to negotiate in compromise.

But now, all the intrigues have come to an abrupt end, Jardine and Land, all surnamed Tang, Jardine Chairman New Bijian really created a perfect chain ship structure.

In the face of fait accompli, the people who benefited from Tang Huan smiled and said nothing, "Can my vision be bad, I already knew that this would be the case"; The defenders of Jardine Matheson were extremely aggrieved, and it was unscientific that so many people had joined forces to forge a line of defense that had not resisted.

People who are psychologically unbalanced always have to find some excuses to comfort themselves for their failures.

Luo Bijian and Bao Fuda, who had previously adhered to the business strategy of actively expanding in Xiangjiang, became the targets of their anger, "These two fools, who is not good, go and touch Tang Huan, the moldy head of the plague god." ”

You must know that in the original time and space, when Jardine Matheson was at its weakest, its market value once fell to more than 4 billion Hong Kong dollars, which was not difficult for some Chinese businessmen with strong financial resources to win in one fell swoop.

But the acquisition rumors have always been word of mouth, and they have not fallen into reality.

The reason for this, in addition to purely commercial concerns such as Jardine Matheson's debt, is not necessarily the most important constraint due to vague political factors.

According to the historical trajectory, in 1983, the Heung Kong Association revised the regulations on the company's holding standards, and the British-funded enterprises that had previously frantically issued shares on the Heung Kong stock market to make money and whose control was shaky during the Great Depression of the stock market will undoubtedly benefit a lot.

There is also a point that has to be mentioned, how many of the Chinese business consortiums in Xiangjiang can straighten their backs, and they don't need to look at the eyes of British-funded banks such as HSBC and Standard Chartered.

Li Bancheng was originally interested in Wharf and secretly bought a lot of its shares, but after Jardine called HSBC, HSBC Chairman Shen Bi made an appointment, and Li Bancheng had to retreat.

This is also the main reason why Tang Huan, a huge consortium not controlled by any British capital, wanted to gain a foothold in Heung Kong Industrial, but was strongly rejected.

However, all the mechanisms have been calculated, and they have become a mirror.

A luxury business car, carrying a suit and leather shoes, looks Sven. In fact, it is like a wolf-like auditor and lawyer. Let all the onlookers. Business peers, in particular, take a breath of air when they see it.

This is also too vigorous and resolute, it won't take long for the British to spend more than 100 years, and the family wealth accumulated by the British with all their hearts and minds, and even robbery and deception, will be eaten and wiped clean by Tang Huan.

Hymns are always written for the victors, especially when I heard that the second batch of free 100-person tours will not be canceled with the complete victory of Qinhe. Still according to the plan, after going to Japan to witness the listing of Taidong, people's hearts and minds were further divided.

In the battle of public opinion between Qinhe and Jardine Matheson, the forces on Tang Huan's side became more and more active, unabashedly shouting "I can't bear it, I don't need to endure it anymore, do a good job".

Even the arguments that were originally quite unpopular began to heat up, "The founders of Jardine Matheson instigated the Opium War more than 100 years ago. But how about now, your business. It's not that it's fallen back into the hands of us Chinese. ”

The most speechless is DreamWorks, whose music department once again released Tang Huan's Chinese records, using its boss as a tool to make quick money.

In this record, in addition to the songs "Farewell My Concubine", "Chinese Kung Fu", "Loyal to the Country" and other songs sung by Tang Huan at the beginning, it also includes new songs such as "Chivalry" and so on that he sang at several company parties.

Tang Huan can't compare with a big singer like Deng Lijun, selling Chinese records in Xiangjiang, the result can only be described as "dismal sales", and his subordinates are not good at sweeping his face, only vaguely reporting, "Okay, the sales of all regions combined, almost a golden record." ”

If it weren't for Tang Huan's big heart and treating it as a play ticket, it is estimated that he would be so depressed that he would vomit blood.

However, this time the market situation has undergone subtle changes, after the record was launched, the sales volume flickered all the way to exceed 25,000 copies, becoming a real gold record, so that the initiator Hu Yinmeng was proud of his decision, and even commented at the meeting: "This big boss with a name is still a little artistic value." ”

In the midst of the uproar, the time came on May 20, 1982, Youde, who was originally the deputy permanent secretary of the British Foreign Office, landed in Hong Kong at Queen's Wharf and officially succeeded MacLehose as the governor of Hong Kong.

After taking office, Youde didn't care about the three fires of the new officials, and the first task was to clean up the chicken feathers left behind after fighting with Jardine for half a year.

In particular, the arguments of "liquidating Yihe, the instigator of the Opium War," have made Youde's face turn green, and this has really affected the current excellent situation of "stability and unity."

In fact, in order to achieve better governance in the land of Xiangjiang, the British took a lot of seemingly friendly measures in social aspects, such as translating names as close as possible to the habits of the Chinese.

Just like MacLehose's full English name is Murray MacLehose, and Youde's full English name is Edward Youde, when they translated their names, they did not simply transliterate them, but tried to find a name with exact Chinese meaning.

When people see the names of these people who have an important influence on the development of Hong Kong in the newspapers, their first reaction is often to think that they are Chinese, but in fact, they are foreign devils, and even if everyone finally gets the truth, a good first impression will often still play a subtle role.

Youde, who is also a diplomat like MacLehose, knows history well, and naturally does not want the fundamental contradictions of these colonies, which have been buried under the gravel mixed with flesh and blood, to be put on the table again, after all, it is time to talk about universal values.

So, the first important person in the business world that Youde met was Zhou Mi, and said straight to the point: "Some of the current public opinion is really out of place." ”

Zhou Mi replied very frankly, "We have never hired a gunman in this area, there is no need for that, just righteous and bright business methods are enough." ”

Seeing that the other party pushed it all away, Youde had no choice but to turn around and say, "I want to see Mr. Tang as soon as possible." ”

"I'll get that right away." Zhou Mi replied with a clear look, "However, some time ago, Mr. Tang was entrusted by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to observe the humanitarian situation in the Falklands, and when he was actively campaigning to protect the rights and interests of the British people living there, he was accidentally injured by a stray bullet fragment of the British Royal Navy, and he is recuperating in the United States." ”

Yude was stunned for a moment, then barely managed to squeeze out a smile on his face. Nodding and saying, "I'm not in a hurry, Mr. Tang's health is the most important." ”

After sending Zhou Mi away, Youde, who was two big at the head, turned around and asked the senior staff, "You say, how should I position this Tang Huan?" ”

But this question only brought a group of people looking at each other and being speechless.

……

Since Guan Zhilin, who was obviously seriously affected psychologically, insisted on interrupting her studies in the United States, returning to Xiangjiang to film, and pursuing her dream of stardom, Tang Huan couldn't stop it, so she nodded and agreed.

"Don't be cranky, you have to remember that I still love you as always." Tang Huan touched Guan Zhilin's hair and comforted him in a harmonious voice.

Guan Zhilin's face rubbed a few times on Tang Huan's chest, and she whispered, "Brother Huan, promise me that you will always leave a place for me in your heart and don't forget me." ”

"I still need you to remind me now, it's been like this for a long time, do you want me to take out my heart and liver to show you?" Seeing that the other party was so vulnerable, Tang Huan hurriedly searched his stomach to find sweet words and poured ecstasy soup violently.

"I don't look at it, it's bloody, it's scared to death." Guan Zhilin, who broke into tears and smiled, looked much better.

"I'm going to stay in Japan for a few days, so you can go with me all the way." Tang Huan said.

"No need." Guan Zhilin shook her head, "You're so busy, it's also a burden for me to follow along." Anyway, you have already arranged an assistant for me, I can take care of myself, just set off alone, and I can get to Xiangjiang before you. ”

"That's fine." Tang Huan bowed slightly, "I'll send you on the plane." ”

……

After dealing with the matter of children's affection, Tang Huan set off to Tokyo, Japan, to witness the listing of Taidong, accompanied by its founder Mikhail. Kogan.

If Taidong is still in Mikhail . Under Kogan's control, it will certainly not be available now. Originally, this was the case in time and space, when Mikhail. After Cogan's sudden death in Los Angeles in 1984, Taito was soon acquired by Kyocera.

Backed by a powerful EA and serving as a localization representative, Taidong's business is not ordinarily good.

EA is an industry leader in the United States, and Taidong has also trampled old rivals such as Nintendo, Sega Japan, and Nangong Dream in Japan, and sat on the throne of the first brother.

With such a dazzling aura, Tang Huan naturally wants to push Taidong to the stock market.

The money borrowed from the bank will have to be repaid after all, but in a few years, the money in the rampant Japanese stock market will not have to be repaid.

And through this round of financing, Taidong can rapidly expand the scope of the industry like Epson.

Epson has already brandished money and rushed into LCDs, batteries and other fields, while Taito is taking advantage of the fact that the bubble is still not big to buy land in Tokyo to build an amusement park with a background in video game culture, and at the same time acquire some promising art assets such as Transformers. (To be continued......)